Chapter 494: Crashing Rocket!
"Boss, we're going to win this game, right? You're going to win, right?! ”
"Aaron, can you guys stop talking so much nonsense, it's very noisy, do you know!"
"Ahem, it's okay Dennis, Aaron is just too excited"
Hearing Lin Han say this, Rodman glared at Aaron Williams fiercely and didn't say anything, in the first half, the Lakers played the first half with five people, and now everyone is very tired, although they are far less active on the court than Lin Han, but except for energetic young people like Aaron Williams and Eddie Jones, he and the Magic are old arms and legs.
In the Lakers, although Rodman was completely subdued by Lin Han after a fight with Lin Han, he really respects Lin Han, but for other young players on the Lakers team, even if Rodman is no longer the kind of super thorn who sees who scolds whom, the deterrent effect is still quite large.
At least, after being glared at like this by Rodman, Aaron Williams, who was excited and couldn't help himself, was much more honest.
Of course, it's just honest on the surface, but emotionally speaking, it's still very excited.
Everybody is young and understandable.
Not to mention young players like Aaron Williams and Eddie Jones, even Wilkins, who didn't play at all in the first half, is now excited.
As long as this game is won, then he will make it to the finals!
Dominic Wilkins was excited at the thought that he might make it to the Finals this year, because he had given up on his career after coming to the Lakers, and when he left the Hawks last year, he was even ready to retire.
Leaving the Hawks and coming to a newly formed team like the Lakers with Lin Han as the core, maybe Lin Han will become Jordan in the future, but Lin Han's Pippen is definitely not him, and he can't wait for Lin Han to become Jordan for the seventh year of the dream championship.
Moreover, before the start of the Lakers season, they have been losing, constantly losing, and all the experts have given this team the ceiling is to survive the playoffs, plus there is such an unstable factor as Rodman within the Lakers, and the Lakers actually look even worse.
And now, a season has passed, and the Lakers are about to eliminate the Rockets, the strongest team in the league......
Yes, in the face of the Rockets, he really has no effect, his offensive efficiency is too low, his defense is not good enough, standing on the court has no effect, can only drag his feet, for the Lakers who pursue extreme efficiency in this game, it is a burden.
The magician made this very clear when he communicated with him before the game.
And he also understands that if he was young, he would definitely not accept such a statement, why do you want to say that my offense is inefficient and my defense is a burden!
But now, he is thirty-four years old, and he is willing to accept such a role for the sake of perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime chance, because he knows that as long as he enters the finals, then his usefulness will come.
There is only one Rockets in the entire league, and whether it is against the Bulls or the Magic in the Finals, he can be the second most stable offensive point for the Lakers.
So, for this, he is now sincerely willing to accept such a role.
Not only him, but other Lakers players who didn't play in this game almost had the same mentality.
The Lakers' tactical style of play not only did not divide the Lakers up and down, but even made the unity of the players go one step further.
As a result, of course, there is also Magic's communication is not bad, and the Lakers formulated such a tactic before the game, so they communicated with everyone before the game.
Compared with the unity of the Lakers, the Rockets are completely different.
Olajuwon and Barkley, as well as Drexler, the three key Rockets players who played the first half of the game, were angry that the team trailed by 13 points at halftime, or when they played the full half.
But compared with the three cores of the Rockets and several main players, the other bench players had much more indifferent expressions on their faces at this time.
For example, Doug Rivers, who was traded to the Rockets through Barkley's big deal, and several others, especially Rivers, left the Hawks, who have always been the main force, and have been circulating over the years, from New York to the Spurs to the current Rockets, and the sense of belonging is not so easy to find.
The team's current style of playing the whole half of the game shows that they don't trust their substitutes, since the team doesn't trust you, what are you doing to worry about the team?
Now the atmosphere in the Rockets locker room, as the head coach Tomjanovic is not blind, how can he not see it, but he is also helpless and headache now, if he had known that it would become like this, he would definitely communicate with everyone before the game.
However, how would he know that the Lakers would use this tactic in this game!
And the Rockets are still behind at the beginning, and they have been in that atmosphere of collapse that can be pulled away at any time.
In that atmosphere, how dare you let the rest of the team's substitutes play for the team.
If he loses this game, what will the consequences be, he can't even think about it!
Maybe these role players of the Rockets are not so important in this game, and even in the game against the Lakers in this series, these role players are not so important, but what about the Finals?
If the Rockets can make it to the Finals, these role players will be very important, and their mood will also be taken care of.
"It seems that we can only wait for the end of this game to communicate with them properly"
The Finals, that's later, the most important thing now is to win the sixth game with the Lakers.
Just, how to win?
Tomjanovic always felt that his Rockets team was on the verge of collapse, and a Rocket, which was thought to be able to compete for the best team in history, was now on the verge of being beaten by one person.
"Rudy, I'm leaving the inside!"
"Leave the inside line?!"
Olajuwon gasped as he watched Tom Janovic, and then Barkley and Drexler, who were sitting next to him, looked at him with some puzzlement.
"Why?"
Tomjanovic frowned and asked, his pre-game arrangement in this game is indeed problematic because of the Lakers' change of lineup, but the strategy of Olajuwon sitting under the basket should still be successful, it can be said that in the first half, except for Lin Han, the other players of the Lakers did not dare to challenge Olajuwon, and Olajuwon's deterrent power under the basket is not comparable to other players in the Lakers team except for Lin Han.
And Lin Han, this game was all on the outside.
In other words, although the Lakers were leading in this game, the Rockets were behind, and they were always on the verge of collapse, but the reason why they did not collapse was because the Rockets kept the basket and did not let the Lakers combine inside and outside, otherwise, the Rockets would have collapsed long ago!
And now, Olajuwon is leaving the basket, which is not a good option by any means.
"Hakim still wants a one-on-one duel with Lin Han?"
"No, I just want to win now, but if I stay under the basket, the Rockets can't win!"
originally thought that Olajuwon still hadn't given up the one-on-one duel with Lin Han, but Tomjanovic breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Olajuwon say this.
As long as you don't think about facing Lin Han like in the previous five games, then everything is easy to say.
"Rudy, we need to change now, we can't watch the magician and Lin Han play with us like we did in the first half!"
"Hakim wants to help defend Lin Han and the magician?"
"Yes!"
Olajuwon nodded resolutely, while Tomjanovic hesitated.
Do you want Olajuwon to help defend outside?
In the face of the Lakers' terrifying three-point line tactics, the only solution for the Rockets is Olajuwon, as long as Olajuwon assists in defense, whether it is to cut off the Magic's pass or stop Lin Han's offense, it is feasible.
But......
Olajuwon came out, but it was difficult to go back, and the rest ......
Tomjanovic looked at Barkley, who was also panting at this time......
Ross Barkley famously said, "As long as Larry Bird is playing, I'm not the worst defensive player in the NBA."
This shows what kind of level Barkley's defensive rating is.
When he was young, that is, when he was in the 76ers, he could still use his bounce speed to help defend, and now, he can only use his weight to top people, but in terms of height, it can be said that he can hardly withstand any top interior line now, if it weren't for Olajuwon on the Rockets' interior line, Barkley would have become the target of the opponent's key attack on the defensive end.
"Rudy, I can't hesitate anymore, even if I stay under the basket, the Lakers don't attack under the basket, what's the point of me staying under the basket!"
Hearing Olajuwon almost angrily yell at himself, Tomjanovic smiled a little wryly, yes, Hakim, you stand under the basket, naturally no one from the Lakers will dare to challenge you, but what about after you go out?
It's just that Olajuwon is indeed right to say this, and in the case that the Lakers don't attack the inside, it is really a waste for him to stay under the basket.
In short, this is a question of whether the chicken comes first or the egg comes first, and he, as the head coach, really needs to make a choice.
If the choice wins, he will become the famous coach of Zhizhu, and if his choice fails, he can only be buried with the collapsed Rocket.
Maybe he was killed by Lin Han's terrifying three-point shooting tactics one by one, and such a vigorous collapse is not bad?
Tomjanovic, the head coach who is good at chicken soup, is full of bitterness at this time.
Since the formation of the Big Three of the Rockets, he never thought that he would encounter such a situation......
And now, it is true that he can't hesitate anymore, whether to be conservative or fight once, he has also made a decision.
"Charles, Clyde, what do you think?"
For the Rockets to make such a big tactical adjustment, it is naturally impossible for those bench players who can have the power to participate in it, or even the main team, only the Big Three and Tomjanovic as the head coach.
It's just that in the past, such a very normal thing has now intensified a little bit of a rocket and some of the internal relations are not very harmonious.
For role players, the feeling that the team has nothing to do with us is even more obvious.
"I support Hakim"
"Me too!"
There are no surprises, the other two Rocket giants who absolutely don't want to lose this game find that they can't see any hope of winning with the original tactics, and naturally they will only pursue change, regardless of whether such a change will get worse, but for the Rockets' big three, is there anything worse than losing?
"I see, I'll leave the second half of the game to you!"
Because the Lakers ended the half with a big score, so at halftime, Lakers fans are still very high, according to the urine of general NBA games, at halftime, the fans are afraid to be less than half, go out to buy things, talk about love to talk about love, etc., but in this game, Larry Bird and Collins looked around the arena, and the fans sat very neatly, playing various games with the host and mascot on the court.
"It seems that in this game, Lin Han is going to set a new playoff scoring record again"
"It depends on the Rockets' defensive strategy in the second half, whether to maintain the original strategy and expect Lin Han's three-point hand to decline, or take the initiative to change the defense"
The two ABC commentators chatted about the outlook for the second half of the game with the telecast, and at this time, the Rockets and Lakers also walked out of the players' tunnel again.
Especially when I saw the Lakers and Lin Han, the Lakers fans who were originally very high at the scene exploded directly!
"This kind of home can be called the sixth man off the field"
"I hope the Rockets won't be affected by this momentum"
The reason why the Lakers fans are so enthusiastic is simple, the team is winning, and their star is also very good at this time.
With the double bonus, watching the game is naturally a pleasure, and they are still wondering if they can set another record at home!
It's just that after the start of the second half of the game, the Lakers fans at the scene found that the game seemed to be a little different from the first half.
Because as soon as they came up, when the Lakers were ready to attack, they found that Olajuwon, who had been shrinking under the basket in the first half, would actually come outside to help defend the Magic.
This incredible scene not to mention that Lakers fans were a little surprised, even Lin Han and other Lakers players felt a little incredible.
Bringing Olajuwon to the outside?
How much do you think of the rest of the Lakers' defense?
If it weren't for Olajuwon, the Rockets' defense wouldn't be that good.
Under the attack of Olajuwon and Kenny Smith, the Magic did not dare to take the ball too much, Olajuwon is not Barkley, and his height is not comparable to him, Olajuwon is much stronger than Barkley in terms of defensive deterrence.
No way, as the initiator of the Lakers' three-point shooting tactics in this game, after the Magic was targeted by Olajuwon, such a tactic naturally couldn't be played, so the ball finally returned to Lin Han's hands.
And this returns to the pre-game arrangement of the Rocket team in this game, when Lin Han holds the ball, the Rocket team has to put at least two players to attack, and Lin Han is absolutely not allowed to have a chance to attack!
Therefore, the Rockets, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately killed Lin Han after holding the ball, one of the opposing defenders Drexler who had been by Lin Han's side, the other was Kenny Smith who had just finished beating the Magic, and the other Mario Arie, the small forward, replaced Olajuwon's position to help Barkley defend the basket.
"The Rockets finally played the defensive tactics they laid out before the game"
Seeing the position of the Rockets and Lakers on the court, Larry Bird smiled and shook his head.
"The Rockets finally played the tactics they laid out before the game, but at the expense of Olajuwon's help defense"
"Although Mario Aeri's speed is okay, it is not at the same level as Olajuwon in terms of defensive ability, as long as Lin Han is fast, ......"
Before Larry Bird could finish speaking, the fans at the scene let out an exclamation!
"Incredible back passing! Lin Han seemed to have seen that Eddie Jones would appear there in advance! ”
Collins, who was beside Larry Bird, stood up excitedly again, and Larry Bird, although not as excited as Collins, was also surprised.
He just wanted to say that as long as Lin Han's ball speed is fast enough, the Lakers will be in a situation of 3 to 1.5.
Why not 2 but 1.5? Because Mario Alley still needs half of his energy to focus on Lin Han's body!
In other words, Barkley alone plus half of Mario Alley has to face three of the Lakers!
If Barkley is traded for Olajuwon, facing the remaining three of the Lakers, Rodman, Aaron Williams and Eddie Jones may not be a problem, but Olajuwon is now held back by the Magic.
"If it weren't for Magician and Lin Han, Olajuwon might have been able to rush back"
"Magic and Lin Han's ball is too fast, and their passing awareness is also top-notch, and now Lin Han is no longer the player who was called an assist when he was in Jazz."
"After all, it is the core of the Princeton system"
Compared with the excited Lakers fans, Tomjanovic on the sidelines can only be described as stunned.
In fact, he has thought about such a situation, and such a risk must be carried with great risks.
However, every adventure has the worst result, and no one is there, right?
Obviously, he just fantasized that it would be good if Lin Han sticked the ball a little bit, as long as he stuck the ball a little bit, but this guy's ball speed can be compared to that of a magician!
What else can you do with an invincible singles player whose ability to play the ball is comparable to that of a magician, and an invincible singles player whose passing ability is comparable to that of a magician?!
It can be said that the first attack in the second half poured a basin of cold water on the head of the rocket that changed tactics!
Things are developing in the most unfavorable direction, and the rockets who are so resolute in changing formations naturally cannot be replaced because of a defensive failure, which is too demoralizing.
It's just that another result of the Rockets' change of formation is that the Lakers don't have to close their eyes to defend when defending, and Aaron Williams' fouls don't need to be on the offensive end, but can be consumed on the defensive end.
The difficulty of Team Rocket's offense has increased!
What happens to a team when the defense is played efficiently by the opponent and then the efficiency drops when the offense is played?
"Team Rocket, it's finally collapsed......"
Jordan, who was in the Chicago villa, sighed softly as he watched the increasingly struggling rocket on the TV.
Victory or defeat is decided!
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